"Turpentine VC" | Venture Capital and Investing

Erik Torenberg

English Business Investing

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Episodes 87

Avg. Duration 54m

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Since Aug 2023

Latest Episode Apr 2025

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About This Podcast

On Turpentine VC, host and venture capitalist Erik Torenberg delves deep into the art and science of building successful venture firms through conversations with the world’s best investors and operators. Hear about insider strategies on decision-making, investment theses, and building firms for the long term—from the ground-level, VC to VC. Guests in season 1 include Ben Horowitz of a16z, Mamood Hamid and Ilya Fushman of Kleiner Perkins, and Alfred Lin of Sequoia.

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Recent Episodes

E86: Inside Mischief VC's Evolution with Zach Perret and Lauren Farleigh

Apr 22, 2025 46m

In this episode of Turpentine VC, Erik Torenberg interviews Lauren Farleigh and Zach Perret from Mischief VC, discussing their experiences as founders and how they leveraged those to build their…

a16z's Voice AI Investment Strategy

Apr 15, 2025 59m

This week on Turpentine VC, we are releasing an episode from The Cognitive Revolution, hosted by Nathan Labenz. Nathan sits down with Olivia Moore and Anish Acharya from Andreesen Horowitz to discuss…

E84: How Accel Captures Companies Outside Traditional VC Reach with Andrew Braccia

Apr 08, 2025 45m

Andrew Braccia, partner at Accel for nearly two decades, sits down with Erik Torenberg to discuss the firm's evolution from Silicon Valley early-stage investor to global, multi-stage powerhouse.…

E83: Chad Byers on Why Susa is a Purpose-Built Seed Specialist [Classic Interview]

Mar 25, 2025 53m

This week on Turpentine VC, we’re sharing Erik Torenberg’s interview with Susa Venture’s Chad Byers, which originally aired in September 2023. Chad discusses the firm's journey, their fund…

E82: Fundraising in Bear Markets: How Nichole Wischoff Closed $50M [How I Invest]

Mar 19, 2025 29m

This week on Turpentine VC, we’re dropping an episode from David Weisburd’s “How I Invest Podcast” with Nichole Wischoff of Wischoff Ventures. Nichole discusses her impressive $50 million fundraise,…

E81: Inside Seven Seven Six with Alexis Ohanian [Classic Interview]

Mar 11, 2025 53m

This week, we’re re-releasing Erik Torenberg’s interview with Alexis Ohanian. Alexis discusses his journey from co-founding Reddit to creating the venture firm Seven Seven Six, detailing its unique…

E80: Logan Bartlett on How Great VC Firms Truly Operate

Mar 04, 2025 1h 1m

This week on Turpentine VC, we’re re-releasing Erik Torenberg’s interview with Logan Bartlett, partner at Redpoint and host of The Logan Bartlett Show. They discuss Redpoint's approach to venture,…

E79: Now at $2B Valuation: Mercor CEO On How They Started

Feb 25, 2025 52m

This week on Turpentine VC, we are releasing an episode from 1 to 100 hosted by Usman Hanif. Usman interviews Brendan Foody, founder and CEO of Marcor, an AI-powered recruitment platform that…

E78: Why Benchmark is Different Than Other Firms with Sarah Tavel & Eric Vishria

Feb 18, 2025 1h 27m

In this episode of Turpentine VC, we're sharing Erik Torenberg's 2023 interview with Sarah Tavel and Eric Vishria from Benchmark, exploring the firm's unique minimalistic approach, commitment to deep…

E77: IVP's Somesh Dash on Growth Stage Investing and Strategic Discipline

Feb 11, 2025 56m

This week on Turpentine VC, we're re-releasing one of our most popular episode: Erik Torenberg’s interview with Somesh Dash. Somesh is a General Partner at IVP, shares insights on IVP's unique…

E76: Thrive Capital's Bold Bets on Category-Defining Companies with Kareem Zaki

Feb 04, 2025 1h 5m

Kareem Zaki shares the founding and development of Thrive Capital, emphasizing their strategy of opportunism combined with a focus on category-defining companies, their unique approach to talent…

E75: Greg Castle (Anorak VC) on the Biggest AR/VR and Spatial Computing Opportunities

Jan 28, 2025 45m

Greg Castle, founder of Anorak Ventures, discusses the evolution and future of spatial computing, particularly in AR, VR, and technology's impact on human interaction and learning. This conversation…

E74: General Catalyst CEO on Running VC Like an Enduring Company

Jan 21, 2025 43m

Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst discusses the firm's evolution from an artisanal business to an enduring venture platform, focusing on operational rigor, fund size, talent strategy, and…

E73: Aydin Senkut on Building Felicis Ventures

Jan 14, 2025 56m

Today on Turpentine VC, we’re releasing one of our most popular episodes: Erik’s interview with Aydin Senkut, founder and managing partner of Felicis Ventures. Aydin discusses the evolution and…

E72: Keith Rabois: On Identifying Talent [Classic Interview]

Jan 07, 2025 59m

This episode of Turpentine VC was recorded in front of a live audience in San Francisco in October 2018.Keith Rabois discusses his frameworks for identifying talent, sharing anecdotes about notable…

E71: How to Scale Talent | Andy Price, Artisanal Ventures [Cross Post]

Dec 31, 2024 54m

This week on Turpentine VC, Andy Price, a veteran executive recruiter and venture capitalist, joins Nolan Church and Kelli Dragovich from HR Heretics, a Turpentine podcast, for a deep dive into the…

E70: Martin Casado of a16z on AI Innovation and AGI

Dec 24, 2024 1h 43m

Today we're sharing a conversation between Martin Casado, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz and Nathan Labenz, AI scout, which originally aired on The Cognitive Revolution podcast from…

E69: Lost Tapes: Elad Gil on the Eve of the AI Boom

Dec 18, 2024 45m

This ‘lost episode’ of Turpentine VC with investor Elad Gil was recorded at a unique moment in time (September 2022) — before ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity launched. Drawing from his experiences at…

E68: How Theory Ventures Differentiates in a Crowded VC Market

Dec 11, 2024 53m

This week on Turpentine VC, we feature a compilation episode of our popular interviews with Tom Tunguz, General Partner at Theory Ventures who just announced a $450M second fund less than two years…

E67: Defense Tech’s Rise with 8VC’s Alex Kolicich

Dec 03, 2024 54m

This week on Turpentine VC, we’re releasing Sourcery’s Molly O'Shea’s interview with Alex Kolicich, founding partner at 8VC to discuss Alex's H1 2024 report on the venture landscape, covering AI…

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